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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 51 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AVADANA , the name given to a type of Buddhist See also:

romance literature represented by a large number of See also:Sanskrit (Nepalese) collections, of which the See also:chief are the Avadanasataka (See also:Century of Legends), and the Divyavadana (The Heavenly See also:Legend). Though of later date than most of the canonical Buddhist books, they are held in veneration by the orthodox, and occupy much the same position with regard to See also:Buddhism that the Puranas do towards Brahminism.

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